James Watson was a eugenicist who stole Rosalind Franklin’s research to advance his white supremacist views regarding genetic predisposition, blood purity, & biological race (see: “African DNA”)
He also promoted the lie that DNA can be accurately read using markers.
May he burn in Hell.
Further Reading
“DNA Pioneer Stripped of Honors Over ‘Reprehensible’ Race Comments” from CNN (2019)
“James Watson: Eugenicist and Potential Anti-Semite” by Wesley J. Smith (2007)
“James Watson and Eugenics” from Scientific American (2007)
“Sexism in Science: Was Rosalind Franklin Robbed of a Nobel Prize?” from Loyola Marymount University (2021)
“The Watson-Crick Nobel: Was Someone Left Out?” from Medical Discovery News (2023)
“Watson Urges ‘Put Hitler Behind Us'” from Science (1997)